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Rhabdophane-(Ce)
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Formula:
(REE,Ca,Th)(PO
 
4
)·H
 
2
O
This page provides mineralogical data about Rhabdophane Group.

Classification of Rhabdophane Group

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Chemical Properties of Rhabdophane Group

Formula:
(REE,Ca,Th)(PO
 
4
)·H
 
2
O

Relationship of Rhabdophane Group to other Species

Group Members:
Brockite
(Ca,Th,Ce)PO
 
4
 · H
 
2
O
Rhabdophane-(Ce)
(Ce,La)(PO
 
4
) · H
 
2
O
Rhabdophane-(La)
(La,Ce)(PO
 
4
) · H
 
2
O
Rhabdophane-(Nd)
(Nd,Ce,La)(PO
 
4
) · H
 
2
O

Other Information

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    Australia
     
    • New South Wales
      • Yancowinna Co.
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] No reference listed
    • Tasmania
      • Corinna-Savage River district
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Bottrill & Taheri, 2008, Savage River mine, Unpub. Rept, Mineral Resources Tasmania
    Belgium
     
    • Luxembourg Province
      • Stavelot Massif
        • Vielsalm
          • Grand Halleux
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)]
    Burma (Myanmar)
     
    • Mandalay Division
      • Sagaing District
        • Mogok
          • Kyauk-Pyat-Thet
    		[Brockite] Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data, Sieghard Ellenberger specimens
    Burundi
     
    • Bujumbura
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Berger, V.I., Singer, D.A., and Orris, G.J. (2009): USGS Open-File Report 09-1139
    Canada
     
    • Québec
      • Montérégie
        • Lajemmerais RCM
          • Varennes & St-Amable
            • Saint-Amable sill
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Mineralogical Record: 29: 83.
        • Rouville RCM
          • Mont Saint-Hilaire
    		[Brockite] [MinRec 2:269-270, 2:142, 21:299-300]
    China
     
    • Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
      • Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture)
        • Bayan Obo Mining District
          • Bayan Obo
    		[Brockite] Tiegeng Liu, Guanxin Wang, and Jiwen Gong (1987): Acta Mineralogica Sinica 7(2), 177-182
    • Jiangxi Province
      • Ganzhou Prefecture
    		[Rhabdophane-(La)] Zhang Peishan, Yang Zhuming, Tao Kejie, and Yang Xueming (1996): "Mineralogy and Geology of Rare Earths in China", Science Press (Beijing), 226 pp.
    Czech Republic
     
    • Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen)
      • Liberec Region
    		[Brockite] Scharm, B.: Přehled minerálů nalezených v oblasti uranových koncentrací v severočeské křídě. Bulletin mineralogicko-petrografického oddělení Národního muzea v Praze, 1995, roč. 3, s. 169-172.
      • Ústí Region
        • Česká Lípa (Böhmisch Leipa)
    		[Brockite] Pauliš P., Kopecký S., Černý P. 2007: Uranové minerály České Republiky a jejich naleziště. 1. část. (Kutna Hora, issue 1)
    [Brockite] Pauliš P., Kopecký S., Černý P. 2007: Uranové minerály České Republiky a jejich naleziště. 1. část. (Kutna Hora, issue 1)
    [Brockite] Pauliš P., Kopecký S., Černý P. 2007: Uranové minerály České Republiky a jejich naleziště. 1. část. (Kutna Hora, issue 1)
    • Moravia (Mähren; Maehren)
      • Olomouc Region
        • Prostějov area
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Škoda R., Čopjakova R. 2006: Authigenic REE mineralsfrom greywackes of the Drahany Uplands, Czech Republic and their significance for diagenetic processes. Mineralogia Polonica, vol. 28, 208-210
      • Vysočina Region
        • Třebíč
    		[Brockite] Pauliš P., Kopecký S., Černý P. 2007: Uranové minerály České Republiky a jejich naleziště. 1. část. (Kutna Hora, issue 1)
    [Brockite] Pauliš P., Kopecký S., Černý P. 2007: Uranové minerály České Republiky a jejich naleziště. 1. část. (Kutna Hora, issue 1)
    [Brockite] Pauliš P., Kopecký S., Černý P. 2007: Uranové minerály České Republiky a jejich naleziště. 1. část. (Kutna Hora, issue 1)
    Germany
     
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Black Forest
        • Gengenbach
          • Haigerach valley
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
    [Rhabdophane-(Ce) var: Plumboan Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Belendorff, K. (1986): Lapis 11 (3), 27-28.
        • Todtnau
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Lapis 21(12), 44 (1996)
        • Wolfach
          • Oberwolfach
            • Rankach valley
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Walenta, K. (1979): Chukhrovit-(Ce) und Rhabdophan-(Ce) aus der Grube Clara im mittleren Schwarzwald. Chem. Erde, 38, 331-39. (in German); Walenta, K. (1992): Die Mineralien des Schwarzwaldes. Chr. Weise Verlag, München, 336 pp. (in German); KOLITSCH, U., GRÖBNER, J. & BAYERL, R. (1995): Die Mineralien der Silber-Antimon-Vererzungen der Grube Clara im Zeitraum 1993 bis 1995. - Erzgräber 9 (2), 61-77.
    • Bavaria
      • Franconia
        • Fichtelgebirge
          • Weißenstadt
            • Großer Waldstein Mt.
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990; Meier, S. (2002): Seltene Phosphatmineralien aus dem Fichtelgebirge und der Oberpfalz. Lapis 27 (2), 32-34
            • Rudolfstein Mt.
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
        • Spessart Mts
          • Waldaschaff
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Lorenz, J., Schmitt, R., Hahn, W. (2007): Rhabdophan und Cuprobismutit von der Barytgrube "Pauline" in Waldaschaff im Spessart, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 58, 41-54
    • Lower Saxony
      • Harz Mts
        • Bad Lauterberg
    		[Rhabdophane-(La)] Gröbner, J. & Kloss, D. (2010): Neufunde von der Grube Wolkenhügel bei Bad Lauterberg im Harz. Lapis 35 (1), 39-41; 62.
    • Rhineland-Palatinate
      • Eifel Mts
        • Laach lake volcanic complex
          • Kruft
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] [Hentschel, G., (1983): Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag, München] [Blass, G., Emmerich, F., Graf, HW., Schäfer, Ch., Tschörtner, J., (2006): Minerale der Eifelvulkane, Version 1.0, CD, published by authors]
          • Mendig
            • Niedermendig
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] [Hentschel, G., (1983): Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag, München] [Blass, G., Emmerich, F., Graf, HW., Schäfer, Ch., Tschörtner, J., (2006): Minerale der Eifelvulkane, Version 1.0, CD, published by authors]
    [Rhabdophane-(Ce)] [Hentschel, G., (1983): Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag, München] [Blass, G., Emmerich, F., Graf, HW., Schäfer, Ch., Tschörtner, J., (2006): Minerale der Eifelvulkane, Version 1.0, CD, published by authors]
              • Wingertsberg Mt.
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] [Hentschel, G., (1983): Die Mineralien der Eifelvulkane, Weise Verlag, München] [Blass, G., Emmerich, F., Graf, HW., Schäfer, Ch., Tschörtner, J., (2006): Minerale der Eifelvulkane, Version 1.0, CD, published by authors]
    • Saxony-Anhalt
      • Halle
        • Petersberg
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Jahn, S. (2007): Der Petersberg bei Halle a. d. Saale. Mineralien-Welt 18(6), 16-41.
    • Saxony
      • Erzgebirge
        • Schneeberg District
          • Rödergasse
    		[Rhabdophane-(Nd)] Belendorff, K. (2009): Dreyerit und Rhabdophan-(Nd) aus Schneeberg, Erzgebirge. Mineralien-Welt 20 (3), 27-29
    Greenland
     
    • Kitaa (West Greenland) Province
      • Narsaq
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] No reference listed
          • Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld) plateau
            • Kvanefjeld Mt.
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Semenow, E.I. et al. (1967): Rare Earths in minerals of the Joaquinite group, American Mineralogist, Vol. 52, 1762-1769
    Hungary
     
    • Győr-Moson-Sopron Co.
      • Soproni Mts.
        • Sopron-Brennbergbánya
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Mineral Species of Hungary, 2005
        • Sopron
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Mineral Species of Hungary, 2005
    Japan
     
    • Honshu Island
      • Tohoku Region
        • Fukushima Prefecture
    		[Brockite] Shoji & Akai (1994) Science Reports of Niigata University, Series E, 9, 89-96.
    • Shikoku Island
      • Ehime Prefecture
    		[Rhabdophane-(Nd)] Minakawa (1988) Sato Shinji Kyoju Taikan Kinen Ronbunshu, 101-105.
    Kazakhstan
     
    • Karagandy Province (Qaragandy Oblysy; Karaganda Oblast')
      • Balkhash (Balqash; Karatas; Prebalkhashie) Region
        • Mointy (Moyynty)
          • Mointy Railway Station
    		[Brockite] Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
    Malawi
     
    • Zomba District
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] American Mineralogist, Volume 94, pages 1216–1222, 2009
    Namibia
     
    • Erongo Region
      • Karibib District
        • Etiro
          • Brabant 86 farm
    		[Brockite] Bezing, L. von, Bode, R. & Jahn, S. (2007): Namibia. Minerals and Localities. Edition Schloss Freudenstein, Bode Verlag, Haltern, 409 pp. (in English)
    Norway
     
    • Aust-Agder
      • Iveland
        • Birkeland
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Neumann (1985) : Norges mineraler. Norges geologiske undersøkelse Skrifter 68, p. 117
        • Skripeland
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Neumann, H. (1985): Norges Mineraler. Norges geologiske Undersøkelse Skrifter 68,p. 117.
    • Østfold
      • Halden
        • Idd
          • Aspedammen
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] R. Kristiansen (1974, pers. com.); Neumann, H. (1985): Norges Mineraler. Norges geologiske Undersøkelse Skrifter 68, p. 117
    Pakistan
     
    • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North-West Frontier Province)
      • Peshawar
        • Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] The Mineralogical Record, Volume 35 Number 3, p. 212
    Poland
     
    • Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie)
    		[Brockite] Kucha H., Wieczorek A. 1980: Ca1-xTh1-xRE2x[PO4]2 . 2H2O, a new mineral from Lower Silesia, Poland. Mineralogia Polonica, vol. 11, No 1, 123-136
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia)
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] [World of Stones 12:49]
        • Polar Yakutia
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] S.M. Kravchenko data
      • Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye)
    		[Brockite] P.M. Kartashov data
    • Northern Region
      • Murmanskaja Oblast'
        • Kola Peninsula
          • Khibiny Massif
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] [AmMin 85:1844]
    [Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Pavel M. Kartashov data
    [Rhabdophane-(Ce)]
    [Rhabdophane-(Nd)] www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/lovo.htm
    [Rhabdophane-(Ce)] N.V. Chukanov, I.V. Pekov, A.E. Zadov, S.V. Krivovichev, P.C.Burns, Yu. Schneider (2001): Organovaite-Mn,K2Mn(Nb,Ti)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·6H2O, a new labuntsovite-group mineral from the Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula. Zap. Vseross. Mineral. Obshch., 130(2), 46­53
    [Rhabdophane-(Ce)] P.M. Kartashov data
    [Rhabdophane-(Ce)]
            • Seidozero Lake
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Yakovenchuk, V.N., Pakhomovsky, Ya.A., Men’shikov, Yu.P., Mikhailova, J.A., and Ivanyuk, G.Yu. (2007): Canadian Mineralogist 45, 451-456.
    [Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Pavel M. Kartashov data; Semenov E.I. (1972) Mineralogy of Lovozero alkaline massif, - Moscow, Nauka, p. 308 (in Rus.)
    [Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Semenov E.I. (1972) Mineralogy of Lovozero alkaline massif, - Moscow, Nauka, p. 308 (in Rus.)
    [Rhabdophane-(Ce)] The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 43, pp. 735-746 (2005)
    • Urals Region
      • Southern Urals
        • Chelyabinsk Oblast'
          • Plast
            • Kochkar' District
              • Svetlyi
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Igor Savin's data
    Spain
     
    • Galicia
      • Pontevedra
        • Porriño
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Calvo, M., Viñals, J. and Vila, F. (2009) Mineralogy of the pegmatites and miarolitic cavities in the granitic batholit of Porriño, Pontevedra, galicia, Spain. Mineral Up, (2009-1), 6-23
    Sweden
     
    • Medelpad
      • Sundsvall
    		[Brockite] Sandström, F., Binett, T., Wiklund, C. & Vikström, J. (2010): Alnöområdets geologi och mineralogi. Litiofilen. 27 (2) :14-42
    Turkey
     
    • Central Anatolia Region
      • Eskişehir Province
    		[Brockite] Stumpfl, E.F., and Kirikoglu, M.S. (1985): Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geologischen Gesellschaft 78, 193-200.; Journal of Asian Earth Sciences (2003) 21:365-376
    UK
     
    • England
    		[Rhabdophane-(Nd)] Specimens in the Natural History Museum, London (Ludlam Collection)
        • St Austell District
          • Tywardreath
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] No reference listed
    Ukraine
     
    • Zhytomyr Oblast' (Zhitomir Oblast')
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Lyckberg, P., Chornousenko, V. & Wilson, W. E. (2009): Volodarsk-Volynski, Zhitomir Oblast, Ukraine. Mineralogical Record, 40, 473-506.
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • Mohave Co.
    		[Brockite] Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 147; Staatz, M.H. (1985), Geology and description of the thorium and rare-earth veins in the Laughlin Peak area, Colfax Co., NM, USGS PP 1049-E.
    • Arkansas
      • Hot Spring Co.
        • Magnet Cove
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Art Smith (2001) Mineral News, 17, #11.
    • Colorado
      • Custer Co.
        • Wet Mountains Area
    		[Brockite] Dana's New Mineralogy
    [Brockite] Dana's New Mineralogy
          • Querida
            • Bassick Mine area
    		[Brockite] Fisher, F.G. & R. Meyrowitz (1962), Brockite, a new calcium thorium phosphate from the Wet Mountains, Colorado, Am.Min: 47: 1346-1355.
          • Rosita District
    		[Brockite] Dana's New Mineralogy
      • Fremont Co.
        • Iron Mountain complex
    		[Brockite] Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
    [Brockite] Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
      • Gunnison Co.
        • Quartz Creek Pegmatite District
    		[Brockite] Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
        • White Earth District (Powderhorn District)
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] "Minerals of Colorado, updated & revised", p. 17, by Eckel, Edwin B., 1997
    • Connecticut
      • Litchfield Co.
        • Salisbury
          • Ore Hill
    		[Rhabdophane-(La)] Brush and Penfield (1883) American Journal of Science: 25: 459 (as Scovillite); Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 774.
    • Idaho
      • Caribou Co.
        • Soda Springs Area
    		[Brockite] USGS Open File report 2010-5220
      • Lemhi Co.
    		[Brockite] USGS PP1049-A(Staatz,1979)
    • Illinois
      • Hardin Co.
        • Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District
          • Hicks
    		[Brockite] Rocks & Min.: 63:199
    • Montana
      • Beaverhead Co.
        • Lemhi Pass District
    		[Brockite] U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    [Brockite] U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    [Brockite] U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    [Brockite] U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
    • Nevada
      • Pershing Co.
        • Antelope District
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada; Jensen, M. (1993): Update on the mineralogy of the Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County. Mineralogical Record. 24, 171-180.
    [Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Jensen, M. (1993): Update on the mineralogy of the Majuba Hill mine, Pershing County. Mineralogical Record. 24, 171-180.
    • New Mexico
      • Colfax Co.
    		[Brockite] USGS Open File report 2010-5220
    • Utah
      • Sevier Co.
    		[Brockite] UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah
    • Virginia
      • Amelia Co.
        • Winterham
    		[Brockite] [Virginia Minerals, Vol 46:2]
    • Wisconsin
      • Marathon Co.
    		[Brockite] Rocks & Min. (2007) 82:233
    [Rhabdophane-(Ce)] Hanson, S.L., et al (1999) Rocks and Minerals, 74, 184
        • Wausau pluton
          • "Rotten granite" quarries
    		[Rhabdophane-(Ce)] www.uwrf.edu/~wc01/rhabdophane.htm
    • Wyoming
      • Crook Co.
    		[Brockite] USGS Open File report 2010-5220
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